The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) strongly condemns the Argentine government’s filing of spurious extortion charges against Pablo Biro, General Secretary of the Association of Airline Pilots (APLA). This blatant act of intimidation represents yet another provocative step in the Milei Government’s systematic attack on trade unions. The criminal complaint was filed by Argentina’s Minister […]
September 20, 2024
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has expressed its solidarity with Argentinian pilots and their unions – the Argentinian Association of Airline Pilots (APLA) and Unión de Aviadores de Líneas Aérea (UALA) – opposing the decision of the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) to allow foreign pilots to work at Argentine national airlines. The 48-hour […]
January 17, 2019
The general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has written to Argentine ministers demanding immediate action to resolve a dispute at the Aerolíneas Argentinas Group. In the letter to minister of transport Guillermo Dietrich and minister of production and labour Dante Sica, Stephen Cotton says: “I am writing to you as we have […]
November 27, 2018